We began our visit to the Gold Coast by going to Rainbow Bay which has some of the, supposedly, nicest and most lonely beaches of the entire East Coast (even after having a passionate discussion whether these beaches would still be almost empty after being mentioned in numerous tourist guides as a “secret spot“). The Bay and the surrounding beaches turned out be very beautiful, even though they weren’t exactly deserted, and we ended up having a great day enjoying the views, watching the surfers, playing frisbee, and taking our new 3 $ body boards out for a ride in a brutal current which pushed dangerously close to some rocks on the other end oft he beach. Luckily, the life guards were kind enough to point this out to us (and all the other people present) using their speakers, so we managed to fight our way back the other end oft he beach.

Later that day we found a nice camping spot in a pirate themed trailer park (yaaaaarrrr!) where we spent the rest of the night playing dice, playing mini golf and having chef Tino’s delicious dinner.